Café Diva

Walking into Café Diva, you're immediately reminded that Steamboat Springs is more than a ski town — this place has actual intention behind the wine program. The list runs 150-250 bottles deep, which is genuinely impressive for a mountain bistro where most spots are happy to sling Apothic Red. A Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 2025 means someone is paying attention, and resident sommelier Kirsten Adler is that someone.

The list leans hard on France, California, and Italy — the holy trinity for a restaurant like this — and that focus keeps things coherent rather than scattered. France and California do the heavy lifting, with Italy rounding out the back end. We'd love to see a few more adventurous selections sneak in — a Jura producer or a southern Rhône oddball — but for a resort-town crowd that skews toward the familiar, this is a well-executed core. The $35–$150 range covers most occasions, and the presence of select bottles north of $200 signals there's real depth for those willing to dig.

Twenty to thirty-five by-the-glass options is a serious program — most mountain restaurants half-ass this section and call it a day. The range spans the same France-California-Italy backbone as the bottle list, which means consistency and no mystery-meat pours. We don't have rotation intel, but with Adler running the floor, we'd expect at least occasional refreshes.